Dan Blake

Daniel Bigelow Blake Jr. (May 22, 1882 – September 7, 1953) was an American football player and coach.

[1] Blake was a prominent halfback and end for Dan McGugin's Vanderbilt Commodores football teams from 1903 to 1906, winning multiple Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) titles.

At Vanderbilt he was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity and stood 5 feet 11 and weighed some 165 pounds.

End is his position; he is heavy, weighing about 170, is fast, a good tackler, advances the ball well, and is a fair punter.

While there he was manager of the electric light and gas plants of the Kentucky Public Service Company.

1904 Vanderbilt Commodores football team . Dan is top row, second from left